My playlists do not sync properly with my iphone

I have playlists in iTunes, which is fully up-to-date, on my 4 month old MBP.
When I sync these playlists with my iPhone 4 (iOS 5.01), the playlists are incomplete on the iPhone.
For some reason, some of the songs are missing in the playlists, though the songs themselves ARE on the iPhone (and can be played outside of the playlist).
Solutions tried so far...
I removed all of my music (and playlists) via iTunes from my iPhone, then re-sync'd them. No change.
I deleted one of the incomplete playlists (one that wouldn't sync properly from iTunes), I recreated it, and tried to sync it with my iPhone. No change.
I'm at a loss. Why would SOME songs in my playlists show up, but NOT ALL? I suspect this has something to do with iOS 5.01, iCloud, and/or NOT using iTunes Match???? I've never had a problem with syncing before iOS 5 and iCloud.
I'd appreciate any solution to this problem.
Thanks.

I have this exact problem, I switched to ios5 on my iPhone 4 and tried syncing it with my mac mini. All the playlists are complete on itunes but for some reason 75% of the playlists are empty on the phone but the music all there.
I've tried everything you have but I think the only thing left to do is remove all the songs from iTunes and then re add them and recreate all the new playlists.

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