IPhone Music Sync not making changes?

So, I've been having this issue for a while and it's annoying the heck out of me. What happens is that once I sync a song over to my iPhone, I can't make any changes to it at all via my computer. An example would be me syncing Pink Floyd's "The Wall", noticing that it has the wrong release year, changing it on iTunes, syncing it over, only to find out that it still keeps the wrong release year. This problem covers everything. Ratings, lyrics, anything related to music data. Deleting the songs/albums does not fix it, as the phone still retains the incorrect data. The only way to get rid of it is to do a complete restore, which I've done 4 times in the last two days. Help?

What do your options say when you plug the iPhone into iTunes?
Mine look like this
Make sure manually manage music and videos is selected.
Have you tried:
Sync over Wi-Fi
Using a different cable to connect iPhone to your computer
Check when editing ID3 Tags on songs/albums that they save in iTunes
I run into these issues all the time and I use iTunes all day everyday. Trust me I know it's a hassle sometimes the best solution for me is to get a better source when getting your music.

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