Organizing Music -Names, Albums not DL from itunes

Hey all -Ok I know everyone has DL songs from places other then itune.
If you have a song that I guess doesnt have the proper "metadata" you could say for itunes to reconize it.
example: say you have a DJ remix of Black Eyed Peas -you name the file as you want but when you import it in to itunes -itunes puts it in an unknown artist folder. I tried to rename it in itunes window-in which it will do that and come up on your iphone or pod as BEP. but the original folder on the itunes archive is still titled unknown artist?
Help
Matt

see if this post by TT2 helps.
good luck and merry christmas !

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