Music artist/album not working

I have had this problem i cant seem to figure out since updating to ios 8. The problem seems only when 2 artist have the same album name. Example i have Outkast "Greatest Hits" and 2pac "Greatest Hits".
If i go to music > Artist > 2Pac > all the songs are fine
but,
If i go to music . Artist > OutKast > it shows the 2pac greatest hits
It does this with multiple artist, it shows someone else's music if they have the same album name.
I have made sure all the correct tags are entered into itunes and the album artist/artist are correct, also tried with album grouping on and off on my iphone 5s.
I cannot figure out what is causing the issue, but it worked great in ios 7 and with my past iphones.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

The key to using the Album Artist field is that it only works right if each song is also marked as belonging to a compilation. This choice has been moved to the Options tab in iTunes 8. +Album Artist+ should really by renamed +Compilation Artist+ to make its purpose clear.
Do four things for every track on a compilation album:
1. Fill in Album Artist exactly the same on every song, using an umbrella term like "Various Artists" or "Original Broadway Cast."
2. Make sure all songs have the same album title.
3. Make sure all songs have accurate "Disk __ of __" entries. If all songs are from one disk, it's easiest to erase the disk numbers. Alternately, you could put "1 of 1" in those boxes. Just don't have one song say "1 of 2" while another is blank.
4. For all songs, select Yes from the Compilation menu on the Options tab.

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