Is it possible to consolidate a playlist from iTunes into its own folder?

Hi,
I'm trying to move a playlist from my iTunes to my new phone.  The playlist is 2,400 songs, out of my total library which contains about 5,000.  The problem I'm encountering is that I independently downloaded much of my music, (i.e. mix tapes or free albums given away online), and therefore was not purchased through iTunes.  I tried to consolidate the files for the playlist but now my iTunes media folder is a giant unorganized mess.
Does anyone have any advice or ideas as far as isolating the songs that I actually want to put on my android based phone?
Thank you in advance!

"You should be able to drag & drop a playlist out to a new empty folder stored outside of your iTunes Media folder"
Ah, I never knew about that .  From a quick test you can drop and drop the contents of the playlist, not the playlist itself as listed in the sidebar.

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