Rapper Ja Rule will drop it like it’s hot at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St. in NYC, at 11 tonight. Tickets are $25 at Ticketmaster. Singer Patty Smyth & Scandal visit the club a little earlier in the evening at at 8 p.m. She’s known for hits including “Goodbye to You,” “The Warrior” and a duet with Don Henley called “Sometime Love Just Ain’t Enough.” Tickets are $30 at Ticketmaster. The Lemonheads will most likely play its cover of “Mrs. Robinson” at the Highline Ballroom, 431 W.

16th St. (between Ninth and 10th avenues), NYC, at 8:30 tonight. The New Rivals and Racoon will open. Tickets are $25 at TicketWeb. Missed her when she came to Peekskill last week? Comedian Paula Poundstone will tickle your funny bone at Blender Theatre at Gramercy, 127 E. 23rd St., NYC, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are $30 and $35 at Ticketmaster.

Metal bands/shock rockers Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie will shred and scream and leave you begging for more when they take over Madison Square Garden Arena, West 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue in NYC, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are $29.75-$99.75 at Ticketmaster. “Stillborn Fest,” featuring hardcore bands Agnostic Front, Hatebreed and others, corrupt the Fillmore New York, 17 Irving Place in NYC, at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Tickets are $23.50 at Ticketmaster.

Or catch the show closer to home tomorrow night at the Chance, 6 Crannell St., Poughkeepsie. Doors open at 6 p.m. and tickets, $22, are at the box office or at TicketWeb. The Word, with John Medeski, Robert Randolph and the North Mississippi Allstars, pulls into Terminal 5, 610 W. 56th St., NYC, at 8 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $25 at Ticketmaster. Jazz flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione plays back-to-back shows at the Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 Broadway, NYC, at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Thursday.