Shuffle 2G not allowing some songs to be imported

I just got my iPod Shuffle 2G this evening and while I was selecting songs to be on my shuffle I discovered that some songs were not importing. I drag a song to the shuffle in iTunes and it will not allow me to drop it. What is the issue? I've looked at some of the information of the songs not importing and some of them have lower bit rates such as 95, 127, and 191. What gives?
Shuffle 2G   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

In doing some more investigating I've discovered MANY songs that simply will not import to the shuffle. Most of them have odd bit rates. I would be incredibly surprised if this has not been discussed before.
Does the 2G Shuffle not allow songs with "unusual" bit rates to be imported? I made a playlist that is significantly smaller than what the Shuffle can hold. There are 183 songs in the playlist and only 158 songs are on the Shuffle.
What would cause this? I converted some of the songs to AAC and then they imported correctly. Is this something I'm required to do on all my songs I want on my shuffle but will not import?

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