ITunes - Sort by genre to copy to ext drive?

How can I sort my albums by genre to copy these onto an external USB drive as mp3s?  When I go to my 'music' folder to copy the albums, there is no 'genre' heading when I want to arrange the music.  Any ideas?

My MUSIC folder contains subfolders by ARTIST, and in these, I need to drill down into each one to be able to select the GENRE.  The GENRE option doesn't seem to be viewable at the top level, which is where I need it:

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    MusicBrainzReleaseId       :
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    MusicIpId                  :
    AmazonId                   :
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    MusicBrainzReleaseCountry  :
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    AlbumArtists               : {Album artist}
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    Comment                    : Comments
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