Creating a custom smart playlist *HELP*

Having a very difficult time creating a customized smart playlist and looking for help.
I would like to create on using the following criteria:
Songs from two different genres
Plays greater than 8
Seems simple enough but I get either zero results, plays greater than 8 from all genres, or music from all genres
What am I doing wrong?

Akeel,
I think the rules shown below will do what you want.
To be included, a song has to have more than 8 plays and be in one of the two stated genres.

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