Problem with Syncing my iPod Nano

I got an iPod Nano a little over 2 months ago, and everything was going well until one day it wouldn't sync. I hit sync and it says my ipod is update but it isn't. I have plenty of room, and I've been doing things the same way for almost 400 songs and it just stop updating my iPod. What should I do? Please help me, I want to add my new songs!!! They are in my library but never show up on my iPod! Please assist me in solving this! Thanks!!!
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Did everyone try the basic "5Rs" first? Mainly did you first try to reset the iPod and then if that didn't work, did you try to restore it?
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